Life Cycle Costs

Cradle to Cradle Systems

Euroclad can ensure a low maintenance building envelope through the specification of Elite Systems and the industry leading Corus Confidex® Guarantee. The looks and performance of an existing building can be rejuvenated when using Elite Systems to over clad roofs or walls without going through extensive demolition and rebuilding.  They are designed to be flexible and easy to adapt over the building's life. Elite Systems can also act as a substructure that can be over clad, extending the useful life of a building and accommodate a change of building use.

The U-values specified as part of an Elite System do not suffer from any loss of thermal performance caused by the breakdown of the insulation.  As there is no possible degradation of designed U-values, a consistent U-value performance for the life of the building and an accurate prediction of lifecycle analysis in terms of heat loss through the roof and walls is possible.

Exceptionally High Levels Of Air Tightness

Elite Systems comply fully with Building Regulations. In fact they can achieve exceptionally high levels of air tightness, nine times better than the minimum acceptable level stated in Part L (2006). Air tightness is the most effective way to reduce energy usage with savings of up to 90% of the energy lost through air leakage.

As part of its commitment to sustainability Euroclad Elite Systems are able to offer the award winning Corus Confidex Sustain®, the world's first cradle to cradle CarbonNeutral building envelope, when using Corus Colorcoat Prisma® or Corus Colorcoat HPS200 Ultra®.  Corus Confidex Sustain® is about more than just carbon offsetting; the aim is to encourage specification of the most sustainable pre-finished steel products and cladding systems.  As part of the Confidex Sustain® scheme Environmental Product Declarations have been produced showing the total carbon impact of Euroclad Elite Systems.  Environmental Product Declarations provide a summary of the environmental impact of Elite Systems from cradle to cradle. These cover production of system components, transport, system manufacture, installation, use and end of life solution enabling Elite Systems to be fully traceable.

A recyclable building envelope can be achieved with Elite Systems.

The steel external and liner sheets can be recycled and the mineral wool insulation can be recycled or reused.  Elite Systems are site assembled and can be deconstructed with relative ease at the end of their useful life.  This enables transport loads to be optimised, minimising the number of journeys made during the recycling process and subsequently reducing CO₂ emissions. Elite Systems feature zero ODP, low GWP and no added greenhouse gases.

Elite Systems can provide revenue at the end of their useful life.

A Steel Construction Institute report states that there are "No barriers to recycling profiled steel roofing and cladding products..." The Corus Colorcoat® Technical Paper, End of life options for pre-finished steel Buildings 2006, states that recycling building envelopes, like Elite Systems, can generate a revenue of £1m².

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